Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Book of abstracts No. 15 (2009) Barcelona, Spain 24-27 August 2009 ningen Academic b l i s h e r s Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science The European Association for Animal Production wishes to express its appreciation to the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (Italy) and the Associazione Italiana Allevatori (Italy) for their valuable support of its activities. Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Barcelona, Spain, August 24th - 27th, 2009 ISBN 978-90-8686-121-7 ISSN 1382-6077 First published, 2009 © Wageningen Academic Publishers The Netherlands, 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned. 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VI EAAP – 60th Annual Meeting, Barcelona 2009 Sponsorships Below the dierent types of Sponsorships 1. Meeting sponsor – From 3000 euro up • Acknowledgements in the book of abstracts with contact address and logo. • One page allowance in the nal programme booklet of Barcelona. • Advertising/information material inserted in the bags of delegates. • Advertising/information material on a stand display. • Acknowledgement in the EAAP Newsletter with possibility of a one page of publicity. • Possibility to add session and speaker support ( at additional cost to be negotiated). 2. Session sponsor – from 2000 euro up • Acknowledgements in the book of abstracts with contact address and logo. • One page allowance in the nal programme booklet of Barcelona. • Advertising/ information material in the delegate bag. • ppt at beginning of session to acknowledge support and recognition by session chair. • Acknowledgement in the EAAP Newsletter. 3. Speaker sponsor from 1000 euro up • Half page allowance in the nal programme booklet of Barcelona. • Advertising / information material in the delegate bag. • Recognition by speaker of the support at session. • Acknowledgement in the EAAP Newsletter. 4. Registration Sponsor (equivalent to a full registration fee of the Annual Meeting) • Acknowledgements in the book of abstracts with contact address and logo. • Advertising/information material in the delegate bag. Board of Trustees Chair Treasurer/Secretary Dr. Sandra Edwards Prof. Andrea Rosati University of Newcastle EAAP Secretary General United Kingdom Italy Contact and further information If you are interested to become a sponsor of the “EAAP Program Foundation” or want to have further information, please contact the Treasurer/Secretary Andrea Rosati: rosati@eaap.org / eaap@eaap.org Fax: +39 06 86329263 Phone +39 06 44202639 EAAP – 60th Annual Meeting, Barcelona 2009 VII Acknowledgements CRV Holding BV P.O.Box 454 6800 AL ARNHEM The Netherlands crv@crvholding.com IMV Technologies 10, rue Georges Clemenceau 61302 L’Aigle Cedex France www.imv-technologies.com EAAP – 60th Annual Meeting, Barcelona 2009 IX European Association for Animal Production (EAAP) President: Kris Sejrsen Secretary General: Andrea Rosati Address: Via G.Tomassetti 3, A/I I-00161 Rome, Italy Phone: +39 06 4420 2639 Fax: +39 06 8632 9263 E-mail: eaap@eaap.org Web: www.eaap.org Organising Secretariat President Carlos Escribano Director General de Recursos Agrícolas y Ganaderos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino; Madrid Vice President Isabel García Sanz Subdirectora General de Medios de Producción Ganaderos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Medio Rural y Marino; Madrid Executive Secretary Gerardo Caja Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona Members Daniel Babot Departament de Producció Animal, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida Antoni Cambredó Expoaviga, Fira de Barcelona, Barcelona Montserrat Castellanos Subdirección General de Medios de Producción Ganaderos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid Jose Antonio Fernández Federación Española de Asociaciones de Ganado Selecto, Madrid Carmen Garrido Subdirección General de Medios de Producción Ganaderos, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid Jose María Gómez-Nieves Subdirección General de Ordenación y Buenas Prácticas Ganaderas, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid Eduardo González Subdirección General de Comercio Exterior y otras Producciones, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino, Madrid Joan Guim Col·legi Ocial d’Enginyers Agrònoms de Catalunya, Barcelona Francesc Monné Col·legi Ocial de Veterinaris de Barcelona, Barcelona Jesús Piedrata Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra Josena Plaixats Institució Catalana d’Estudis Agraris, Barcelona; Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra Joaquim Porcar Subdirecció de Ramaderia, Departament d’Agricultura, Alimentració i Acció Rural, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona Francesc Puchal Academia de Ciències Veterinàries de Catalunya, Barcelona Joan Tibau Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentària, Monells, Girona Eduardo Torres Departament d’Agricultura, Alimentació i Acció Rural, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona Andrea Urdampilleta Expoaviga, Fira de Barcelona, Barcelona Isabel Vázquez Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria, Madrid Representante of ESAB Escola Superior d’Agricultura de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona [...]... Director of Animal Production, Dept Ministry of Rural Development and Food Dept of Animal Sciences and Aquaculture of the Agricultural University of Athens Members Prof Stelios Deligeorgis Dept of Animal Sciences and Aquaculture, Agricultural University of Athens Prof Andreas Georgoudis Dept of Animal Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Assoc Prof Eleftheria Panopoulou Dept of Animal Sciences...61st EAAP Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece 23-27 August, 2010 www.eaap2010.org Organizing Committee of the 61st EAAP Meeting 2010 President Prof George Zervas Vice-President Mr George Zacharopoulos Executive Secretary Prof Kostas Fegeros Rector of the Agricultural University of Athens and President of the Hellenic Society of Animal Production. .. University of Athens Assist Prof John Hadjigeorgiou Dept of Animal Sciences and Aquaculture, Agricultural University of Athens Dr George Papadomichelakis Dept of Animal Sciences and Aquaculture, Agricultural University of Athens Dr Christina Ligda Nacional Agricultural Research Institution, Thessaloniki Dr Eleni Tsiplakou Dept of Animal Sciences and Aquaculture, Agricultural University of Athens Dr Katerina... EAAP 60th Annual Meeting, Barcelona 2009 SABRE Conference @ EAAP Food Quality and Safety 4th SABRE Conference integrated with 60th EAAP Annual Meeting SABRE previously organised 3 conferences to disseminate the plans and results of the project: Sustainable Animal Breeding (September 2006), Genomics for Animal Health (June 2007 in collaboration with EADGENE - European Animal Disease Genomics Network of. .. 2008) We would like to thank the organising committees of EAAP for the opportunity to integrate the 4th SABRE Conference into the 60th EAAP Annual Meeting We are very pleased that over 30 papers which stated These results are obtained through the EC-funded FP6 project SABRE. have been accepted by the EAAP committees to be presented in the poster halls and lecture theatres These papers will be presented... where the science of genomics is valuable Through research such as the SABRE project, scientists are beginning to unravel which genes and which variants of these genes are important to explaining the genetic component of these new selection traits Sustainable Animal BREeding is the main focus of the SABRE Integrated Research Project The European Integrated Research Project SABRE (Cutting Edge Genomics for. .. Jỏvor, A XXVIII EAAP 60th Annual Meeting, Barcelona 2009 Future of Dalmatian Turkey: traditional local form of poultry in Croatia 30 15 The role of coat colour varieties in the preservation of the Hungarian Grey cattle 31 16 Genealogical control of bovine breed Rubia Gallega through 17 DNA microsatellite genetic markers 32 16 Study of the myostatin gene and its relationship with the double-muscled phenotype... joined forces in the project which commenced in April 2006 and has been made possible by a 13.9 million grant under Thematic Priority 5, Food Quality and Safety, of the 6th Research Framework Programme of the European Union (FP6) The SABRE work programme, involving almost 200 scientists in 14 countries, is divided into 13 Work Packages These harness key areas of emerging genomic and EAAP 60th Annual Meeting, ... perspective 1 25 The impact of biofuel production from cereals on the European pig and poultry sectors 2 26 Biofuel: consequences for feed formulation 3 26 Low carbon farming: sustainability indicators from the dairy stewardship alliance 4 27 Biofuels, feed and food security 5 27 Radcliffe, J.S Lynch, P.B Van Der Aar, P.J and Doppenberg, J Matthews, A Van Der Zijpp, A.J Session 04 Impact of global market... Session 13 production gains from Practical strategies and tools improved coordination of for the genetic management livestock research of farm animal populations Chair: M.A Toro (ES) Session 14 Genetics of meat animals free communications Chair: J.S Szyda (PL) Session 15 Dairy genetics free communications Chair: G Schopen (NL) Session 16 FABRE-TP Technology platform in animal breeding: updating of the EC . r s Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production EAAP - European Federation of Animal Science The European. Book of Abstracts of the 60th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production Book of abstracts No. 15 (2009)